Administrative Core

Ochin, Inc., Portland OR

Investigators

Abstract

Summary. The Administrative Core will oversee all planning activities involved in establishing the infrastructure and research partnerships needed to support the CCHRC’s future research and thus ensure that the Community Catalyst (Climate health equity research center) CCHRC’s goals are achieved. Led by a transdisciplinary team with substantial experience in large clinical research networks with similar infrastructure and administrative needs, the Administrative Core will conduct the following tasks. (1) Oversee and support all planning process operations by serving as the coordination hub for all CCHRC efforts, including: strategic planning for the CCHRC’s sustainment post-planning period; managing budget and resources; meeting regulatory, reporting, and human subjects protection requirements; tracking and coordinating all Cores’ activities; collaborating with the national CCHRC network and funding agency; and coordinating the External Advisory Board. (2) Direct all CCHRC capacity building and sustainment planning activities, including: creating the CCHRC’s highly innovative data infrastructure by linking EHR data from OCHIN’s national network of primary care community health centers (CHCs) and the Harvard Confluence Project’s granular data on climate- induced heat and air quality events, yielding a nationally unique data resource that will be available to collaborators; supporting the creation of a transdisciplinary Learning Community of scientific and community partners that generate a research agenda aimed at mitigating climate-induced health impacts in CHC populations; developing at least two large research funding proposals designed to meet identified research needs; supporting two early-stage investigators’ development; and creating a health informatics tool that integrates real-time data on extreme climate events (heat spikes, poor air quality) into the EHR shared by OCHIN’s CHCs, to support future interventions using these data. (3) Widely disseminate and translate findings both within and beyond the CCHRC’s Learning Community to inform the action-oriented spread of new knowledge to diverse stakeholders and target audiences. (4) Rigorously evaluate the progress of the CCHRC planning process in meeting its goals and objectives, regularly update CCHRC leaders and funders on evaluation findings, and adapt processes as necessary. By completing these tasks, the Administrative Core will optimize the CCHRC’s ability to generate a much-needed long-term body of research on the mitigation of climate-induced health impacts in the marginalized U.S. populations served by primary care CHCs.